Jun 8, 2023
What are your post-graduation plans?
I’m going to an Art School—School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
How did you make your decision?
I had a really big space and marine biology phase in middle school and early high school, but once I got more serious about art, I knew I wanted to pursue it. What I like about Chicago, specifically, is the school offers you a BFA, no matter what classes you take, which I think is pretty important. A lot of schools have pathways… I think that since art is always changing, especially with AI, it’s important that you’re qualified in more than one subject.
How would you describe your post-grad search?
I went to a lot of open house things, and I just applied all over, to be honest. I applied to MICA really last minute, and Chicago really last minute because I didn’t really do my research, but I just I thought they were good schools for what I was interested in.
What advice do you have?
I would say definitely research which path you want to take. Illustration is really confusing because it’s honestly just an umbrella term for commercial art and whether you want to be a freelance illustrator or work under a company…There’s multiple categories under that. That was like what was kind of confusing for me because I was like, isn’t everything illustration?
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